Juanjo Villalba
juanjo.villalba@vice.comHow ‘West Side Story’ Inspired Real-Life Gangs in 60s Madrid
The Hollywood musical managed to awaken a marginalised youth that lived isolated from the outside world after the Spanish Civil War.
What Modern Piracy Looks Like
An expert explains why we rarely hear about criminal exploits on the high seas.
Intimate Photographs from the First Years of Punk
Ivar Muñoz-Rojas's new book features photos from the personal archive of 'Slash' magazine founder Philomena Winstanley.
Archiving the Art of the Financial Crisis
Cronica21 is a compendium of everything bad that's happened to Spain since 2008.
Living Without Electricity
Their place is different because it has no electricity. There was a camping stove on the ceramic hob and no sign of a washing machine, refrigerator or a TV set. The only appliance in the flat was a big old radio, and that was disconnected.
Here's How You Should Dress for Primavera
A practical guide for when the heavens open to piss all over your parade.
Would Free Public Transport Improve a Country's Economy?
Over the past few weeks, protesters in Barcelona have united against yet another public-transport fare increase. But is Barcelona's—and any other city's—public transport system even worth protesting over?
The Fight to Stop Spain's Greyhound Holocaust
If the dogs are too old to hunt, then an owner might choose to hang the them. Some throw them into wells or cremate them. Running them over with a car seems to be catching on too.
Hunting Neutrinos in Antarctica
Physicists are spending months in complete darkness, isolation, and freezing temperatures to study particles and run around in zombie masks.